I'm in north west Scotland with my new Camplet Savanne for the next 2 weeks. For the last 3 days we have had strong winds and we have been worried! I've looked on here for advice about trailer tents and high winds but found nothing about the Camplet. So fellow experienced Camplet owners out there what's your advice?
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When we picked up our concorde from camperlands last month I asked about this, and whether or not we would need storm straps.
I was advised that it was unlikely, as camplets are very stable. I've not been out in the camplet in strong winds yet, but I can imagine that to be the case. It was suggested that, if we wanted any extra stability we could rig up internal guys from the front corner poles (if I recall correctly these make a triangular shape at the front) and peg these down inside the awning. I can see the sense in this as I have read of external storm straps rubbing the canvas. I am not sure I have explained this very well, but hopefully it makes sense if you take a look at your internal poles at the front?
Personally I would try the above if it was really windy, as well of course as using all the guys with delta anchors / pegs if you have them or can get hold of any (I know there is a debate or two raging on the canvas forum about deltas but I personally have great confidence in them from my own experiences in a tent last summer, when 75 % of surrounding tents and awnings were blown down in gale force winds ...we stood firm)
I am sure others with more experience of camplets will come along to offer advice. In the meantime, I hope you are OK and survive the winds, and whatever else the elements throw at you
We bought 2 of these for our combi camp which doesn't have any guy ropes. We put them on the inside, just putting the loops round the poles. We didn't need to attach the rest of the strap and peg in but it was already attached to the frame should the weather turn nasty. The price is explained once the straps arrived as the "peg" supplied was a ~foot long steel peg than looked like a stake!
It was pretty windy last time we took our Jametic out, and thats very similar. We were at a festival, so had no choice of pitch, and we were in a very exposed site pitching into the wind. It was really hard, we pulled it up and pegged the front guys (with Delta pegs),and they didn't budge, but as fast as we put in a peg for the canvas another would pull out, it took double our usual time to pitch. I used Delta Pegs for all the guys, and a combination of rock and plastic pegs for the rest of the pegging points.
We had a bit of trouble with the roof pole (my personal favourite, lol!), and we didn't put our shelves far enough away from the canvas and came back to shelves and contents all over the floor, but other than that we had no problems. In fact it was really solid, we were very impressed.
The main thing is to pitch in the right direction,hitch to the wind if possible. Make sure the mud walls are pegged to stop the wind getting under the canvas,and make sure you use the centre roof and upright poles. If you are really worried,the obtain 2 more upright poles for the corners and 2 roof rafters. Use all the guys and don't use the sun canopy. Park the car to take the worst of the weather as well. If it's really bad,tie down the kids and dog and all should be fine.
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Topic: Camplets and strong winds
